MCCTV Security & Surveillance System Solution News From CCTUNG — Spring Festival

The Chinese New Year would not be complete without visiting relatives, usually starting on the second day of the new year. For people who are married, the first stop will usually be the wife's parents, then other relatives are visited in turn. Everywhere one goes, one hears the words "Guonian hao!" or "Xinnian kuaile!" (both mean “Happy New Year!”) 没有走亲访友的中国新年是不完整的，这一习俗通常从新年的第二天开始。对于已婚人士，他们首先会拜访岳父母，随后依次拜访其他亲戚。无论走到哪里，都能听到“过年好！”或“新年快乐！”的问候（两者都意为“新年快乐”）。 Of course, visitors should always bring a gift for everyone they visit. Children and young people usually get a red envelope with some money. The envelope should never be opened in front of the person who gave it. While in...

Far and away the most important holiday in China is the Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. The dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February. To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of...